If you have been at least halfway plugged in since the latter part of 2015, then you are fully aware of the toxicity that exists in our current political climate. The immersion of Donald Trump as a political newcomer has assured us that our descent from normalcy and bipartisanship was not only swift...

When most of us think of meditation, we imagine the stereotypical meditator, sitting criss-cross, hands resting right above the knees, fingers in a gentle pinch. We imagine this person sitting before a beautiful display of nature. When we think of meditation, we most often associate it with other th...

In the article “The Late Paper," Kim is a college student who is trying to find a balance between her married life and her student life. Kim’s husband, Arnold, was continuously being made fun of by a coworker. His coworker poked fun at Arnold by bringing up the fact that he only had a high scho...

The myth of Prometheus is the story of a creator who both loved and had faith in his creation: humans. Prometheus cared for humanity by stealing fire, just as God created the beautiful garden of Eden for his creations, and Shonkwaya’tíson gives his creations the knowledge of how to survive life o...

There are obvious reasons why there is heavy traffic congestion on the roads of Kuala Lumpur, despite the government’s many investments in public transport; the uprise of large-scale automobile retail is only the tip of the iceberg. Being a city smaller than the city-state of Singapore, KL's publ...

For a few months, my uncle, grandpa, and I planned to visit the canyon in Amarillo, Texas. We were going to spend the night with my uncle's friend because he lived with his family lived about one hundred feet from the edge of the canyon and had a backyard trail that led all the way to the rim of th...

“Game of War: Live Action Trailer” is a short commercial for the mobile application, Game of War: Fire Age. The trailer is part of a multi-million-dollar campaign for the video game that features supermodel Kate Upton. It uses Upton’s beauty and sex appeal as she commands soldiers into war in ...

Donald Trump, Jr. once said, “Hunting forces a person to endure, to master themselves, even to truly get to know the wild environment. Actually, along the way, hunting makes you fall in love with the natural world. This is why hunters so often give back by contributing to conservation.” Trump wa...

Introduction "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, is a classic coming-of-age story set in the mid 19th century. The novel follows the story of a young, orphaned girl named Jane Eyre who has been placed under the harsh and cruel care of her aunt, Mrs. Reed. Throughout the novel, Jane passes through...

Many of us wonder. . . Why are books so essential to some people? Where did their love for books come from? Does reading really impact peoples’ lives? Well, books are quite magical. They may take us to places we have never been to just by connecting strongly with the book. People often let books b...

I love you. Just had to get that off my chest. Now rather than later because if I’m honest with you. I fear for my life. I fear every step I take in elephant grass will be my last. Imagine walking through a field full of razors, clawing at your uniform, and making one wrong movement, costs you you...

In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest, when sitting a bench talking with another rider, poses the question "what's nor mal anyways," displaying his staunch belief in fairness and that all humans, no matter social status or race our created equal. Forrest says this while ignoring other judgments of h...

Our perception is dependent upon sense-data; hence our five senses determine how we perceive the world. If one were to be forced to live with only one sense, his perception of the world would change radically. Being confined to the ability of hearing would greatly limit and alter how we perceive thi...

Who ever knew that a fast food restaurant as simple and non nutritional as McDonald's would attract so many customers on a daily basis? Known for being the largest and most diverse geographical restaurant in history, McDonald’s has proved to be the ultimate icon of American fast food abroad and t...

Herbie Hancock once stated, "World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own." This idea reveals that within the world's conflicts and disputes, establishing peace would be such a miraculous global accomplishment...

Pain is a physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury (Sire, 2009). In addition, pain can also be mental or emotional suffering which is sadness caused by an emotional or mental problem (Sire, 2009). In a hospital setting, it is well accepted that a patient's self-report of pai...

As children, we often look to our parents for guidance and moral education. In the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch teaches his children many important lessons. The most important lesson he teaches his children is to not judge others. Atticus teaches this lesson both direct...

When schools use a pass-fail grading system to assess students in college writing courses, the students do not receive the traditional number or letter to show which grade they have earned. Instead, they are given a 'pass' or a 'fail' grade. Institutions that do this insist that it is an...

Introduction The United States introduced criminal justice reform with the objective of correcting errors made during criminal justice processes. The goals of the reforms are to reduce the number of incarcerated prisoners and prison sentences. In addition, the reforms aim at doing away with mandato...

Karl Marx was a philosopher, social scientist, revolutionary historian, and an influential socialist thinker of the 19th century. He was born in the comfortable and middle-class family. He enrolled for law studies at age17, at the University of Bonn. He later attended the University of Berlin where ...

Growing up, my little sister was terrified of the dark. Every night, she would sob and sob until one of my parents checked underneath the bed and behind the armoire for monsters. Now, I was her big sister, three whole years older, and I wasn't afraid of silly things like monsters; at least, tha...

Mead, an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting a mixture of honey and water, is a word that has been inherited from the Germanic culture. The Anglo-Saxons saw mead as a status of wealth and power. From this one word, many derivatives have been created through the years, from Old English to modern day....

The Great Wall of China is one of the largest building projects ever accomplished. It stretches about 1,500 miles from Bo Hai off the Yellow Sea in the East to the Gansu province in the West. It is so large it can be seen from space. A majority of the wall was built between 500-3000 years ago. The w...

In the late nineteenth century, a captain of industry was a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way. This may have been through increased productivity, expansion of markets, providing more jobs, or acts of philanthropy. Some of the...

In October of 1962, tensions were still high from the Cold War Era. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro agreed to put nuclear missiles on Cuba, provoking a response from the United States. The U.S. then quarantine's Cuba while putting the U.S. citizens in a state of nervousness and...